Cedar chest



Jan. 8, 1935. G. A. LOFTIN 1,987,018

CEDAR CHEST Filpl Sept. 11, 1935 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 Grad i lgf/"in Jan. 8,1935. a. A. LOFTIN 1,987,018

CEDAR CHEST Filed Sept. 11; 1953 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Jan. 8, 1935.

G. A. LOFTIN CEDAR CHEST Filed Sept. 11, 1933 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Ma w m GPatented Jan. 8, 1935 I I i V UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CEDAR CHESTGrady A. Loftin, Altavista, Va., assignor to The Lane Company, Inc., acorporation of Virginia Application September 11, 1933, Serial No.689,016

4 Claims. (01. 21'756) This invention relates to improvements in cedarin full and dotted lines the tray in its fully open chests and likereceptacles constructed of cedar and in an intermediate position. woodor other materials giving off vapor or aroma, Fig. 3 is an end elevationof the chest and tray or receptacles containing volatile or evaporatingas shown in Fig. -1. t. substances or essences of like character, whichFig. 4 is a vertical front-to-rear section through 5 receptacles aredesigned for the storage of goods the chest showing the tray in foldedposition. to be protected therein against the ravages of Fig. 5 is adetail section on line 5'-5 of Fig. 1. moths or other insects, Fig. 6 isa vertical section through a portion of Chests of this kind are commonlyemployed for the rear wall of the chest body and the lid, show- 10 themore or less permanent storage of goods ing one of the lid hinges andthe sealing strip. 10

either for lengthy periods or during certain sea- Referring now moreparticularly to the drawsons of the year when such goods are not inings. 1 designates acedar chest or like receptacle general use. Thereare many kinds of goods, which may be made, as customarily, of oblonghowever, of materials quickly attacked by moths, rectangularform andopen at'its top for the inser- 16 which are in more or less constantuse, and which, tion and removal of goods from its storage space forsake of protecting them against moth ravor chamber and which comprisesabottom 2, frontages, might desirably be kept in containers of this wall3, rear wall 4 and side or end walls 5, concharacter. This practice isnot commonly folstructed of cedar oil bearing wood or like materiallowed, however, for the reason that such frebearing a volatile oilwhich-is liberated in the 20 quently used articles can not beconveniently kept form of vapor or aroma within the chest body to 20 ina cedar chest of ordinary type or packed therecreate and maintain anatmosphere both repelin and removed therefrom without disturbing lentand destructive to moths and their larvae. other articles designed to bestored more or less This chest is provided with a fiat lidor cover 6,permanently therein. hinged at its rear edge to the rear wall 4 thereof,

The main object of my present invention is to as at '7, to swing betweena fully open position 25 provide a cedar chest in which provision ismade shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 to a fully closed position for storingarticles designed to be protected but shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6. Thislid or'cover is which are so arranged as to be readily removedpreferably provided upon its inner or under face, and replaced withoutdisturbing other articles -in continuously around its front, rear andside or end the chest packed more or less permanently for edges with aresilient metallic sealingstrip 8 30 protection therein. which, whenthecover is in closed position, en-

A further object of the invention is to provide a gages the marginaledges of the walls ,3, 4 and 5 storage tray for the purpose describedwhich will to effect a tight sealing engagement between the hold thefrequently used goods separated from the lid and chest body in order toclose the joints "permauently stored goods. therebetween and therebyprevent the escape of 35 A still further object of the invention is toprocedar oil vapor. Suitable coacting locking V d a mflllntlngfol the yWithin the cedar bers 9 and 10 onthe lid and chest body may be c t w y119011 Opening and Closing the provided for securing the lid in closedposition th tray w l be m v d upwardly and d w wa and also holding theresilient sealing strip com- 40 1! r sp t v y t r ad y accessible a dstorage pressed to seal all crevices between the body and 40 positionsand so disposed in the readily accessible 1m, l position that access, ifdesired, may be obtained In carrying m invention t practice 1 to thechest for insertion removal of other vide a tray 11 for holding thetemporarily stored goodsgoods or the goods which. are to be frequentlyWith these and other objectsinviw, the invenused or usedymore fre uentlthan the bulk f 45 tion of the features of construction, .goods storedin the body of the chest which are binat on an arrangement of Phelfiillaffiel to be stored therein for a season or for a more fullydescribed and claimed, reference being had or less lengthy period oftime, during which they to the accompanying drawings, in which:- I areprotected by the cedar aroma of the chest '50 Fig. 1 is a frontelevation of. a cedar chest emfrom the ravages of t S- This y 11 i8bodying my invention, showing the lid front open preferably, as shown,of oblong rectangular form, and the storage tray in elevated positionallowing open at the top, and of such size and so connected free accessthereto. to the body and cover as to occupy the upper Fig. 2 is avertical front-to-rear section through portion of the forward half ofthe body when in the upper portion ofthechest andthelid,showing closedposition and to be disposed at a con- 55 venient elevation foraccessibility above the upper rear half of the body when in openposition. The width of the tray, as measured from front to rear, istherefore about one-half the correspondopposite ends to the side wallsof the tray 11, as I at 14, and a pair of hinge plates 15 which areconnected centrally and at one end with the side walls of the tray, asat 16 and 19, and are pivotally connected at their opposite ends, as at17, to hinge bracket members 18 disposed upon the inner face of the lidor cover 6. The pivotal connections of the links 12 with the body sidewalls 5 are arranged just below the upper edges of said walls at a pointmore or less midway between the body walls 3 and 4, while the pivotalmembers 14 connect said links with the side walls of the tray 11adjacent to the bottom and front walls of the tray, the arrangementbeing suchthat the links stand in an upright position and support theforward portion of the tray when the latter is in open position, asshown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, and said links swing down to a downwardly andforwardly inclined position to dispose and support the tray in itsclosed position, as shown in- Figs. 4, 5 and 6. The hinge plates areconnected to the sides of the tray 11 just below and in rear of thevertical and horizontal centers of the tray and pivotally connected withthe hinge members 18 at a point adjacent to the transverse center of thelid 6, so that said plates 15 stand in an inclined supporting positionwhen the tray is in open and closed positions, in both ofwhich positionsthey effectually cooperate with the links 12 to sustain the tray. I

When the chest is in the open position shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, itwill be seen that the tray 11 is disposed at a convenient elevation toenable goods to be supported therein or removed therefrom by a personstanding in front of or alongside the chest without in any mannerinterfering with the goods stored in the body of the chest,

while at the same time the tray 11 will also bedisposed in such aposition as to allow aperson to have convenient access, if desired, tothe body of the chest 'for the purpose of applying or removing goodstherefrom without interference from the tray. By this means the articleswhich are designed for temporary storage and to be more or lessfrequently used and which are stored in the tray 11 may be removed andreplaced as frequently as desired by merely opening the lid 6 without inany manner disturbing the goods packed within the body of the chest.When the lid or cover 6 is swung downward to closed position in whichits sealing strip makes sealing engagement with the marginal edges ofthe body walls, the tray 11 is closed down into the upper forwardportion of the body so that it will be conveniently swing to the openposition noted and in its closed position the tray will be accommodatedin a space at the upper forward portion of the body left for itsreception, in which position the contents of the tray,'like the contentsof the body will be subjected to the protecting influence of the cedaroil aroma emanating from the chest walls as well as that emanating fromthe walls of the tray itself.

From'the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings,the construction and mode of use of the improved folding tray for cedarchests embodying my invention will be readily understood without afurther and extended description, and it will be seen that the inventionprovides a structure of this character which allows goods to be storedfor lengthy periods within a cedar chest and other goods to be storedfor less lengthy periods and more or less frequently removed andreplaced without in any manner disturbing the contents of the chestitself, while providing for the protection of the temporarily storedgoods against ravages of imsects. While the disclosed structure ispreferred, it will, of course, be understood that changes in the form,details of construction and arrangement of parts may be made within thescope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

What I claim is:

- 1. A chest comprising a chest body including four walls and a bottom,a flat lid hinged at its rear edge to the rear wall of the body, a trayhaving a width of the order of one-half the internal width of the chestbody and a length approximately equal to the inside length of the chestbody, and means supporting said tray from said lid for movementtherewith from a position within the upper front portion of the chestbody when the lid is closed to an elevated position above the to theupper portion of the side walls of the chest body midway between thefront and rear edges of the said side walls, the outer ends of saidlinks being pivoted to said tray adjacent the lower front cornersthereof.

2. A chest comprising a chest body including four walls and a bottom, aflat lid hinged at its rear edge to'- the rear wall of the body, a trayhaving a width of the order of one-half the internal width of the chestbody and a length approximately equal to the inside length of the chestbody, and means supporting said tray from said a lid for movementtherewith from a position within the upper front portion of the chestbody when the lid is closed to an elevated position above the rearportion of the chest body when the lid is in fully open position; saidmeans comprising links pivoted at their inner ends to the upper portionof the side walls of the chest body midway between the front and rearedges of the said side walls, the outer ends of said links being pivotedto said tray adjacent the lower front corners thereof, hinge bracketmembers secured to the lower face of said fiat lid adjacent theside'edges thereof and approximately midway of the front and rear edgesthereof, and hinge plates rigidly secured to said tray, said hingeplatesbeing pivoted to said hinge brackets adjacent the upper rearcorners of said tray.

3. A chest comprising a rectangular chest-body including four, walls anda bottom, the upper edges of said four walls lying substantially in aplane and defining the opening into the chest body, a lid and meansconnecting the same to said body for pivotal movement about an axislying substantially at-the junction of the rear bottom edge of the lidand the upper edge of the rear wall of the chest body, a tray having awidth of the order of one-half of the internal width of the chest body,and means supporting said tray for movement with said lid from a loweredposition below said plane of the upper wall edges and within the upperfront portion of the chest body when the chest lid is closed to anelevated position above the rear portion of the chest body when thechest lid is in fully opened position; said supporting means comprisinghinge means connecting said lid and tray for relative pivotal movementabout an axis that substantially coincides with the upper rear edge ofsaid tray, said tray and lid axis being located when the lid is fullyclosed substantially in the plane of the upper edge of the chest bodyand approximately midway of, the front and rear walls thereof, and

means connecting said chest body and tray tomaintain the same insubstantially horizontal position during movement between its saidlowered and elevated positions.

4. A chest comprising a rectangular chest body including four walls anda bottom, a substantially flat lid hinged at its rear edge to the rearwall of the body, the hinge axis lying substantially. at v the junctionof the upper edge of the rear wall and the rear bottom edge of the fiatlid, a tray having a width of the order of one-half of the internalwidth of the chest body and a length approximately equal to the insidelength of the chest body, and means supporting said tray from said lidfor movement therewith from a position wholly within the chest body atthe upper front portion thereof when the lid is closed to an elevatedposition above the rear portion of the chest body when the lid is infully open position; said means comprising pairs of hinge memberssecured respectively to the inner face of the said fiat lidapproximately midway between the front and rear edges thereof and to thetray, the pivotal axis of said hinge members substantially coincidingwith the upper rear edge of the tray, and means connected to the chestbody and the tray for maintaining said tray in substantially horizontalposition during movement between its said elevated and loweredpositions.

GRADY A. LOFTIN

